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Him IP Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Volume 58 Number 68 Senate proposes removal of 'minority' seats Senator who proposed seat for women now wants to remove special constituency seats By Marc Fuller Signpost asst. news editor The elimination of special constituency seats is the goal of a bill proposed by Senator Megan Barney. The bill, if passed, would eliminate the nine seats designated for ethnic and lifestyle campus organizations, leaving eight seats for each academic college, and creating two at-large seats. The bill states that removing the seats would be morecost-effective, would reduceover-representation and would create a more democratic model of representation. Each student has at least two Honk for Don ' V. V: i --! - . ft si' ( f Don Hughes and David Blosser, Weber State University students, stand on the corner campaigning. Hughes is running for WSU studentbody president, along with Cody Strong and Jason Whelan. Student primary elections are today through Friday. News: Dental hygiene students looking for patients. See page 3 Opinion: Volunteering is a "wholesome activity" everyone can participate Sports: Special section on spring sporting activities. See inside U The voice of the united student is lost by subdividing and labeling groups of people. Sen. Megan Barney y senators that represent them in the Senate. "The voice of the united student voice is lost by subdividing and labeling groups of people," Barney said. "By labeling someone, you push them apart from the rest. What legislation done by special constituency groups v l irk '!. j , I'! it i 1 w t VT - r-r"v k - Local democrat seeks congressional seat By Alisa C. Rasmussen Signpost news editor Chairman of the Davis County Democrats, Greg Sanders, has officially declared his candidacy for the Congressional election. He will run against Republican Jim Hansen. "There is a clash of values between Mr. Hansen and myself," Sanders said. "His sole answer to success is how much economic gain it will give him. " Sanders grew up in Ogden. He attended Weber State College, where he received an associate degree in general education. He transferred to the University of Utah to receive a political science degree in 1974. He attended could not be done by the other senators?" Barney then read several passages from "The Death of Common Sense: how la w is suffocating America" by Philip K. Howard. The book tries to illustrate how the creation of special groups has stiffled American democratic , . 1 FRANK DANKW ATHE SIGNPOST Brigham Young University Law School until 1977. Sanders spent three years in the military as a judge advocate, ending up in Missouri as Chief of Claims and Contracts, where he dealt mainly with legal actions taken against the military. He is still in the reserves, where he serves as a lieutenant colonel in the army. Sanders has one year to retirement. "Some people still joke that I'm Colonel Sanders," Sanders said. He currently lives in Kaysville with his wife and two children. Sanders is currently employed at Kipp and Christian, a law firm dealing in professional negligence where he defends lawyers. "I've never been a candidate government. She then ended her proponent speech by reading some quotes from last week's debate over the creation of a women's senator seat. Many senators were against the creation of another seat, and some said the creation of another seat would allow special constituencies to argue for their own seat. After the proponent speech, members of the Senate were silent. Barney had used quotes from the debate over the creation of a women's senate position in defense of the elimination of the senate seats. Many senators voiced opposition to the new position, Virtual university meant to complement traditional education By Dalene Bavelas Signpost news writer Utah's higher education is going through virtual reality in the form of the proposed virtual university.Composed of 18 western states, the Western Governor's Association and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education will interact with associated states to deliver services to citizens through the use of the electronic highway, according to a spokesman for virtual university. Jeffrey Livingston, an associate commissioner for technology and assistant to the governor for higher education, addressed concerns about the virtual university.Livingston addressed the issue at a Forum for Teaching and Learning, a series on technology inacademia, Monday in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Livingston was a former WSU vice president, as well as associ before, but I've worked on several campaigns against Mr. Hansen in the past," Sanders said. "The main reason I'm running is I basically couldn't stand what I saw going on anymore." Sanders said he's concerned Hansen is getting too many privileges, because he has served so long. "Jim Hansen has been in office for 16 years, going on 18. He's been in twice as long as George Washington was president," Sanders said. He said problems are just not being addressed at the federal level. "I think we've got some real problems with our system," Sanders said. "Fewer people are par- saying it would allow special consituencies to lobby for their own seats. "It was really a clever move," Mike Hatch, Senate chair said. "It was also well-researched." The women's senate position bill was withdrawn from Barney during the meeting. Barney suggested that since the current elections have already started, the bill would not take effect until next year. The motivation to create the special constituency seats began about 13 years ago. See Removal page 7 ate commissioner for academic affairs for the Board of Regents prior to his current position. According to Livingston, Governor Michael Leavitt offered the concept of 'Smart States' at the Las Vegas Governor's Conference in November 1995. 'Smart States' entails delivering services to citizens throughout the western states with information, such as driver and hunting licenses, as well as tax information, to share with other states. Assignments to certain states in developing applications will obviously dilute the cost by delegating and taking advantage of resources that exist in all the western states, Livingston said. Virtual university in Utah is a sub-set for Western Virtual University, formulating similar concepts of 'Smart States.' Governors throughout the western states are aware of the increasing demand on higher edu See Virtual page 7 X, , ,- "'". 'T' . ' 7 K ,..-, . Greg Sanders ticipating in government, and See Democrat page 7

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Him IP Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Volume 58 Number 68 Senate proposes removal of 'minority' seats Senator who proposed seat for women now wants to remove special constituency seats By Marc Fuller Signpost asst. news editor The elimination of special constituency seats is the goal of a bill proposed by Senator Megan Barney. The bill, if passed, would eliminate the nine seats designated for ethnic and lifestyle campus organizations, leaving eight seats for each academic college, and creating two at-large seats. The bill states that removing the seats would be morecost-effective, would reduceover-representation and would create a more democratic model of representation. Each student has at least two Honk for Don ' V. V: i --! - . ft si' ( f Don Hughes and David Blosser, Weber State University students, stand on the corner campaigning. Hughes is running for WSU studentbody president, along with Cody Strong and Jason Whelan. Student primary elections are today through Friday. News: Dental hygiene students looking for patients. See page 3 Opinion: Volunteering is a "wholesome activity" everyone can participate Sports: Special section on spring sporting activities. See inside U The voice of the united student is lost by subdividing and labeling groups of people. Sen. Megan Barney y senators that represent them in the Senate. "The voice of the united student voice is lost by subdividing and labeling groups of people," Barney said. "By labeling someone, you push them apart from the rest. What legislation done by special constituency groups v l irk '!. j , I'! it i 1 w t VT - r-r"v k - Local democrat seeks congressional seat By Alisa C. Rasmussen Signpost news editor Chairman of the Davis County Democrats, Greg Sanders, has officially declared his candidacy for the Congressional election. He will run against Republican Jim Hansen. "There is a clash of values between Mr. Hansen and myself," Sanders said. "His sole answer to success is how much economic gain it will give him. " Sanders grew up in Ogden. He attended Weber State College, where he received an associate degree in general education. He transferred to the University of Utah to receive a political science degree in 1974. He attended could not be done by the other senators?" Barney then read several passages from "The Death of Common Sense: how la w is suffocating America" by Philip K. Howard. The book tries to illustrate how the creation of special groups has stiffled American democratic , . 1 FRANK DANKW ATHE SIGNPOST Brigham Young University Law School until 1977. Sanders spent three years in the military as a judge advocate, ending up in Missouri as Chief of Claims and Contracts, where he dealt mainly with legal actions taken against the military. He is still in the reserves, where he serves as a lieutenant colonel in the army. Sanders has one year to retirement. "Some people still joke that I'm Colonel Sanders," Sanders said. He currently lives in Kaysville with his wife and two children. Sanders is currently employed at Kipp and Christian, a law firm dealing in professional negligence where he defends lawyers. "I've never been a candidate government. She then ended her proponent speech by reading some quotes from last week's debate over the creation of a women's senator seat. Many senators were against the creation of another seat, and some said the creation of another seat would allow special constituencies to argue for their own seat. After the proponent speech, members of the Senate were silent. Barney had used quotes from the debate over the creation of a women's senate position in defense of the elimination of the senate seats. Many senators voiced opposition to the new position, Virtual university meant to complement traditional education By Dalene Bavelas Signpost news writer Utah's higher education is going through virtual reality in the form of the proposed virtual university.Composed of 18 western states, the Western Governor's Association and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education will interact with associated states to deliver services to citizens through the use of the electronic highway, according to a spokesman for virtual university. Jeffrey Livingston, an associate commissioner for technology and assistant to the governor for higher education, addressed concerns about the virtual university.Livingston addressed the issue at a Forum for Teaching and Learning, a series on technology inacademia, Monday in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Livingston was a former WSU vice president, as well as associ before, but I've worked on several campaigns against Mr. Hansen in the past," Sanders said. "The main reason I'm running is I basically couldn't stand what I saw going on anymore." Sanders said he's concerned Hansen is getting too many privileges, because he has served so long. "Jim Hansen has been in office for 16 years, going on 18. He's been in twice as long as George Washington was president," Sanders said. He said problems are just not being addressed at the federal level. "I think we've got some real problems with our system," Sanders said. "Fewer people are par- saying it would allow special consituencies to lobby for their own seats. "It was really a clever move," Mike Hatch, Senate chair said. "It was also well-researched." The women's senate position bill was withdrawn from Barney during the meeting. Barney suggested that since the current elections have already started, the bill would not take effect until next year. The motivation to create the special constituency seats began about 13 years ago. See Removal page 7 ate commissioner for academic affairs for the Board of Regents prior to his current position. According to Livingston, Governor Michael Leavitt offered the concept of 'Smart States' at the Las Vegas Governor's Conference in November 1995. 'Smart States' entails delivering services to citizens throughout the western states with information, such as driver and hunting licenses, as well as tax information, to share with other states. Assignments to certain states in developing applications will obviously dilute the cost by delegating and taking advantage of resources that exist in all the western states, Livingston said. Virtual university in Utah is a sub-set for Western Virtual University, formulating similar concepts of 'Smart States.' Governors throughout the western states are aware of the increasing demand on higher edu See Virtual page 7 X, , ,- "'". 'T' . ' 7 K ,..-, . Greg Sanders ticipating in government, and See Democrat page 7